My Epson Stylus Color 760 printer tells me there's still ink

My Epson 760 software tells me there's still ink in both cartridges;
also the out-of-ink lights are not going on. Nevertheless, it won't
print. The cartridges were installed in Feb '07 and the printer is not
used much. I've done the check-nozzle and the-clean-the-head functions
several times and got test printouts but they've yielded very very
faint samples and, now, no printout at all. How can I clean the heads?
Would it do to also try to pierce again the cartridge holes (that I
assume have dried up). (Someone suggested cleaning the heads with
amonia, but I don't know as much as he thinks I do) -Guy

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Many Epson Printers that reach an End of Life counter number will lock your printer down and force you to contact a Service Center.

However, this is really not necessary in all cases. If your printer is still working fine for you but the counter has locked your printer:To download this free utility program read the agreement and then download.

Follow all instructions for download, install and usage.

End user agreement
1) This software is provided "as is" without any express or implied
warranty of any kind including, without
limitation, warranties of merchantability, non-infringement or fitness for any
particular purpose.
2) You are liable for all risks in relation to the quality or performance of
this software. In no event shall SSC Localization Group or personally, author
of this software, be liable for any damages whatsoever caused to you or the
third party arising out of the use or inability to use this software. Damages
include general damages, special damages, accidental damages or consequential
damages (including, without limitation, loss of data or accuracy or unfitting
interface for other programs, or problems with peripheral equipment).

2) You understand the risk of whole head or individual nozzles clogging in
case of tardy replacing of empty cartridges, as well as risk of using hot swapping
function (this include frequently cartridges replacement, or wrong deblocking
of parking head on some models). You understand, that resetting the ink level
counters or using ink freezer function implies responsibility to carefully watch
ink levels in all cartridges and timely (as soon as You see any raw white bands,
even in one color) replace cartridge.I agree with all above
statements and want to download software (v4.30)Supported Models:Model

Turn off printer. Open Case. Move head carriage to parking position. Do suction from outlet pipe of head cleaning mechanic. It's for checking head. is there ink out? If printer not used for long time, may be ink inside head dried. Utility screen just show estimated not actually. If head clog, and do head cleaning more 5 times, screen show ink nearly out, but actually ink tank nearly full.

You have confused the software in either changing a cartridge when not required or having a chip failure whilst changing multiple cartridges.Full info on how to get out of this is on my site.

Please go to my website http://www.the-inkstore.co.uk . I have the latest version of SSC Service Utility to download directly onto your computer and instructions on how to use it, what to click on etc etc. Click any of the Epson links if you can't find it, everything you need to know will be there, including printer Firmware resetting which sorts out a multitude of problems.

The 'maintenance required' problem with Epson printers has absolutely nothing to do with which cartridges you are using, it is a built in page counter in your printer firmware, which has a different maximum amount for each Epson model. Don't listen to old wives tales and heresay, we are the experts and it's an Epson scam to cause a lot of people to pay for maintenance or throw their printers away.I haven't found a model that can't be reset with the latest version of SSC Serve or the manual reset on my site.

For Epson RX500 users there is also a manual reset on my site, as the SSC Serve software won't do it for you.When using the program & choosing your printer from the list, it may have a weird name with 'x' in the model number, this is because some configurations are for many models in a series. For example, the C46 will be listed as C4x as it is for the C42, C44 & C46 models.

I hope this helps all Epson users to overcome the Epson scam of page counting and locking out until you pay their dealers money for maintenance.

If you like what I've done for Epson users, please show your appreciation by spreading the word and perhaps buying your ink from my site.

you can take it to repair shop and they will clean the head for you with some cleaning fluid if it has been without ink for a while sometimes these get blocked but it is not worth replacing cus would cost more than the printer as the ink cartridge you brought was originall then this isnt the problem check all cables if not better off buying new printer as these are not made to last long sorry couldnt be any,more help...........................

You can get this sometimes in Publisher programmes, it's a glitch, but also check cartridge alignment.
If your not happy uninstal printer driver, disconnect printer and re instal driver first then re connect your printer.